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"Yeah, yeah, it's spooky, sure. But where's the pizzazz?" Preme remarked. "Look at this place. I mean, what is the theme here? Halloween? It's been done to death!"
"We're probably being hunted by ghosts and cyborgs, and you're complaining about the interior design?!" Raiden snapped, before bridging his nose. "Oy vey, you're as insane as Armstrong."
But what Raiden saw next chilled him to the core.
Two blue ghosts, as well as some cyborgs, were at the hotel's main entrance, drilling and nailing planks across the front door to prevent anyone from going in—or out. As an added precaution, they were wrapping chains around those planks. As the squad watched, Raiden had to remind himself to breathe.
'Guess those two means business,' Veruca thought.
Snoozy stalked toward the ghosts, trumpeting at them, warning them to back off. The ghosts turned to look at him, amused looks on their faces, before one of them shooed him off with a gesture. Snoozy then rejoined his masters, crouching protectively in front of them.
One ghost tossed their drill to the other before flying off, and the other ghost casually chucked the drill away, as if to fly off as well—only to suddenly leap in the squad's face, shrieking, as some cyborgs appeared, as if from thin air.
"The bastards are using stealth camo to ambush you." The Russian voice, apparently Boris, said. "Nice try, but it won't do any good against a band of misfits like you, eh, X-Squad?"
"Enemy identified," Sophia noted, "Member of the Twisted Metal organization, vehicle name Cousin Eddy."
"That crazy group of demolition derby fanatics?" Zorro asked, "They've been wanted all over the world due to their contests causing massive collateral damage, with some even having manslaughter or murder charges to their name."
"That's what happens when you do a demolition derby anywhere you feel it," Lyre said, "And use vehicles that are practically designed to carry weapons."
Drakus took the key and held it to the Driver.
"JUMP!"
Drakus then opened the casing before sliding it into the side of the Driver.
"ASHAM!"
Pseudo-digital energy covered Drakus in the form of blue armor pieces, which resembled a grasshopper. Cousin Eddy heard the commotion and came over to investigate, only to see Drakus leaping into the air.
"SURPRISE, BITCH!"
Cousin Eddy was staggered by the kick to the face and tried to retaliate, but Captain Kidd was already there to intercept.
"Shock Fist!"
The ionized punch slammed into Cousin Eddy's jaw, knocking him out.
"That should keep him down," Captain Kidd said.
"...Oh my, is that a naked lady?" Gohma mumbled as she peered through a window, staying low and ducking out of sight so she didn't attract any attention. "...wait, does one of them have cat ears? Also, who built this hotel…? Argh, focus!"
And then something exploded through the walls in a burst of yellow light.
Everyone yelped, ducking away for a moment despite the fact that the blast hadn't even touched her. Nui huffed, not expecting the sudden attack before looking back through the window and spotting for the first time that the naked woman in the shadows was actually the top half of a naked woman… merged with a gigantic monstrous torso that was, frankly, kinda gross to look at.
Well…to some of the squad at least. They knew damn well what people on the internet thought about giant monstrous women.
Also, the freaky demon lady was fondling herself and shooting magic lasers out of her nipples.
"...Right. Okay, I've seen enough," Ryuko sighed, shaking her head as she pushed herself up and stood before the window. She narrowed her eyes, doing a few rough calculations and planning out her mode of attack. She wasn't about to try and reshape her entire arm into a blade like Nui does (or how she does with Senketsu, sometimes), and she definitely wasn't about to try and pull a new weapon out of nowhere without practice…. Plus, they'd probably punch through the walls and/or window so…
The squad immediately got their weapons out, as Raiden got his blade out.
"Trick or treat, ghoulies!" Drakus said, as the ghosts readied for battle.
Pink, gate-like barriers slammed down around the lobby, trapping them with the ghost and cyborgs, as Raiden rushed in.
"X-Squad, whenever you engage in battle alongside Raiden, I will designate a battle area for you." Boris said. "Stay within the area to avoid collateral damage."
As the ghost lazily floated around them, Furina charged the Strobulb and lined up her shot. Once the ghost closed back in on her, as some of the cyborgs not killed by Raiden ripping out their spines rushed towards her, she let out a breath and released the charge with a satisfying ZZZAPP! The ghost and cyborgs were frozen in their tracks, and Furina quickly pounced, starting to vacuum them up and keeping an eye on the power gauge as it built. As the cyborgs and the ghost tried to tear themselves away, Furina dug in her heels and pulled back with all her might, as finally, the ghost and cyborgs were sucked in, as the squad sighed, only to tense back up again as they heard laughter echoing from all around. Glancing up, they spotted the other ghost watching them from the mezzanine balcony. This ghost put two fingers to their lips and gave a sharp whistle, summoning two more ghosts, one being golden and the other was green, and some more cyborgs. Together, the three ghosts and cyborgs rushed at the squad as they stood their ground, weapons and Poltergust poised.
Neo dodged the initial charge, pivoted and then Furina stunned the first ghost and cyborg she saw, bringing that power gauge up so she could slam them into anything in sight. The floor, the wall, the tables, the statues. The other two ghosts and other five cyborgs attacked with powerful punches and slashes, and while they managed to dodge the worst of them, they still wound up battered sufficiently. The chill they felt was all but forgotten as their blood began pumping. Something that the attacking ghosts did not fail to notice.
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